Colonial Kids

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An Activity Guide to Life in the New World
This is the way I love to teach history—with plenty of hands-on fun! Colonial kids made their own toys, like wooden spinning tops and cornhusk or yarn dolls, and played homemade games like shooting marbles, rolling a hoop, and skipping hopscotch. Join in the fun by making these and many other colonial crafts such as floating “Betty lamps,” candied orange peel, a quill pen and homemade ink, a colonial wig out of batting, a sailor’s compass, dipped candles, homemade cough syrup, paper quilling, and more. Includes a recipe section with traditional colonial foods that are easy to make such as churned butter, hasty pudding, trenchers, and baked apples. This jam-packed resource will make your American history studies so much fun. Paperback, 142 pages, for 5-12 years.